Baltimore Auto theft

Baltimore · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Baltimore police open data recorded 4,108 auto theft incidents, 8.7% of all 47,105 incidents reported in the city that year and down 24.4% from 2024. That is about 723 per 100,000 residents, compared with 486 per 100,000 across the 56 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 3,710 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Baltimore by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)3,710——
20254,108723down 24.4%
20245,432956down 46.0%
202310,0541,769up 191.3%
20223,451607—

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 26,755 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Frankford 135 incidents
  2. Belair-Edison 93 incidents
  3. Downtown 77 incidents
  4. Cherry Hill 74 incidents
  5. Loch Raven 64 incidents
  6. Canton 63 incidents
  7. Brooklyn 59 incidents
  8. Reservoir Hill 53 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many auto theft incidents were reported in Baltimore in 2025?

4,108, according to Baltimore Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Baltimore?

Reported auto theft was down 24.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 19.0% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Baltimore Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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